There has been some talk about Learning Styles (LS) on BLOG’s recently. I use the concept, myself, as an example of the pedagogic illiteracy of the ruling orthodoxy of education. Somewhat perversely I think it is a useful concept. The problem of LS begins with it’s empirical roots in the field of Psychology. Many have found… Continue reading Learning Styles: an epistemic not an empirical issue

In The Incoherence of the Incoherence Ibn Rushd’s brilliant rebuttal of Imam Ghazalis pivotal Islamic text The Incoherence of the Philosophers , the central arguments lies with orthodoxy, faith and philosophy (or science as it would probably now be known). Employing Hellenistic logic, Ibn Rushd attempts to de-construct Ghazali’s critique of science, and defence of… Continue reading The Incoherence of the Incoherence: How the Profession Copes with Stupid